Special case investigation team V

The theft took place in Dashan City. A few days ago, the museum there cooperated with private collectors to hold a week-long art exhibition. On the fifth day of the exhibition, something happened. That night, someone broke into the museum and stole three bronzes. and four paintings.

There were two groups of thieves who committed the crime.The first group were two people. Their success in committing the crime mainly depended on their speed. They first destroyed the security system, then smashed the glass cover and grabbed the collection and ran away. At that time, there were not many security guards in the museum. When they were arrested, they had already run away.

The second group of thieves were more technical. They entered the museum pretending to be policemen, saying they had received a report.At that time, the museum was quite flustered, and no one suspected them, so they were so relieved to let them check around... After the real police came, the museum inspected and found four paintings missing, and then the police found the fake police before. They also took away the surveillance video of the museum, and took away the hard drive together.

Yang Simi sat next to Cheng Jin and watched together, "This is interesting." After speaking, he pushed Cheng Jin's arm.

Cheng Jin had no choice but to respond: "It's okay."

Bu Huan said: "I have a question, can bronzes be collected privately? Isn't it illegal?"

The lost bronze vessels were two Jue cups and a Gong. The police estimated that the first batch of thieves stole them. The two thieves originally wanted to remove a tripod, but it was too heavy, and they were thrown halfway. I got it back.

"The main thing is that transactions are not allowed. But there are many people who collect them privately." Han Bin said.

"You even understand this now? Could it be that Qin Yue also collects it?"

"No, he doesn't accept this, but the painting."

You Duo said: "In fact, it's not that trading is not allowed. It can be traded according to the law, but most of the bronze wares are unearthed cultural relics, and the unearthed cultural relics belong to the state. If the source can be proved, it can be traded , such as those that have been circulated in an orderly manner or that have been returned from overseas.”

"Are those pieces lost at the exhibition returned from overseas?" Bu Huan asked.

Cheng Jin flipped through the case file, but didn't see any content about it, "I have to ask that collector." But if he dared to show it, the source should be fine.

Yang Simi looked at the photos of the lost bronzes, "I like this."

Cheng Jin looked at it, "Where do you like it?"

Compared with modern items, these few things look very unique in shape, and the patterns on them seem to have a mysterious and simple charm.Looking at the introduction, it is something from the late Shang Dynasty. Jue is a container for drinking, and Gong is a container for holding wine.Wine glass and flagon?Cheng Jin smiled.

Yang Simi pointed to the Gong, "It's pretty."

This Gong Gong has a unique shape and looks like a beast, but it is hard to say what kind of animal it is. There are curved horns on its head, which should be sheep horns, but its four feet are claw-shaped, and its body is covered with intricate patterns. Do not know what kind of beast.

"Looks good?" Cheng Jin doesn't think it's not good-looking, but just thinks that the style of this thing is that kind of mysterious ethnic style, and the things Yang Simi likes are usually more modern.

"Yeah." Yang Simi poked the jagged teeth of the beast-shaped Gong with his fingers, "It looks good."

Cheng Jin looked at the monster in the photo and thought for a while. Is the monster smiling or threatening?He glanced at Yang Simi.

Yang Simi grinned and showed him his teeth.

"..." Cheng Jin said, "Buy one for you online?"

Yang Simi nodded.

I really want it.Cheng Jin turned on his phone and searched online, and it was really for sale.

Yang Simi picked the most expensive one, "I want this."

Cheng Jin compared the expensive ones with the cheap ones. Well, the expensive ones look better, and they look more complicated—from shapes to patterns.Well, that's it.

"Why did they steal the bronzes? It's not easy to buy after stealing, isn't it?" Ye Lai said.

"It can only be traded privately." You Duo said, "There is no public auction."

"Private transactions—sold abroad?"

"Very likely. It will be troublesome if you sell it. If you want to get it back in the future, you don't know how many times you will have to pay."

Xiao An rested her chin and looked at everyone, "Why do you like buying and selling antiques so much?"

Bu Huan laughed and said, "Of course it's because of money. Isn't it all about money when you steal antiques and famous paintings?"

"I know, I mean why are these things so valuable? Is it necessary to spend so much money to get this kind of thing? Private collections don't matter, it's their personal money anyway. But the government also spends a lot of money to buy back cultural relics—but It’s all our taxpayers’ money, is it worth it?”

"...Because it's our thing, of course we have to buy it back?" Bu Huan said.

Ye Lai gave him a supercilious look.

Bu Huan said with a smile: "Hey, I don't study those things...Xiao You, please explain."

You Duo said: "The value of cultural relics is mainly historical value, artistic value, and scientific value. Simply put, we human beings are not just satisfied with food, we also need various spiritual pursuits. The study of cultural relics is a branch of spiritual pursuits. "

"And cultural relics also have an economic role, such as tourism, cultural product development, etc. Some experts have calculated that if the government invests one yuan in the cultural relics system, it can bring eight yuan of output to the national economy. ——The data may have errors , but it can show that the protection of cultural relics has indeed brought real benefits to everyone, and this is a sustainable industry.”

"Tourism, yes, Dashan is also a famous historical and cultural city and a famous tourist city. I haven't been there yet, so I want to have a good time this time." Xiao An said with a smile, "Why should we go?"

Ye Lai said: "Boss, should I book a ticket for tomorrow morning?"

"Yeah." Cheng Jin responded.

After finishing the bronze wares, Cheng Jin looked at the lost paintings, three ancient paintings and one modern one. The police suspected that the second batch of thieves stole it, but they couldn't be 100% sure.

The second batch of thieves consisted of three people. One went to check the security system and then took away the surveillance video. The other two walked around the venue and dismissed the security guards. After they left, the museum discovered that the paintings were missing.